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Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965

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Contents: 81 provisions
  1. Title and introductory text
  2. 1 The Registrar General.
  3. 2 Registrar General’s staff.
  4. 3 General Register Office.
  5. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  6. 5 Registration districts and local registration authorities
  7. 6 Alteration of registration districts.
  8. 7 Senior and district registrars and other staff.
  9. 8 Registration offices.
  10. 9 Area repositories.
  11. 10 Delivery up of books etc. on ceasing to hold office.
  12. 11 General provision as to fees.
  13. 12 Fees to be accounted for.
  14. 13 Particulars of births to be registered.
  15. 14 Duty to give information of particulars of birth.
  16. 14A Directions about giving information of particulars of birth
  17. 15 Duty to give information concerning finding of infant children.
  18. 16 Registrar’s power to require information concerning birth to be given.
  19. 16A Provision of birth particulars to Registrar General
  20. 16B Registration of births
  21. 17 Registration after expiration of three months from date of birth or finding.
  22. 18 Births of children born out of wedlock.
  23. 18ZA Registration of father or second female parent by virtue of certain provisions of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008
  24. 18A Decrees of parentage and non-parentage.
  25. 18B Births of children where second female parent by virtue of section 43 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008
  26. 19 Free abbreviated certificate of birth.
  27. 20 Re-registration in certain cases.
  28. 21 Still-births.
  29. 21A Meaning of birth registration form
  30. 22 Particulars of deaths to be registered.
  31. 23 Duty to give information of particulars of death.
  32. 23A Directions about giving information of particulars of death
  33. 24 Certificate of cause of death.
  34. 24A Duty to refer certain certificates of cause of death for review
  35. 24B Request for review not to stay registration
  36. 25 Registrar’s power to require information concerning death to be given.
  37. 25A Provision of death particulars to Registrar General
  38. 25B Registration of deaths
  39. 26 Registration after expiration of three months from date of death or finding of body.
  40. 27 Free certificate of registration of death.
  41. 27A Offence of disposal of body without authorisation
  42. 28 Intimation of certain deaths by registrar to Procurator-Fiscal and vice-versa.
  43. 28ZA Meaning of death registration form
  44. 28A Registration of divorces and declarators of nullity of marriage.
  45. 28B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  46. 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  47. 32 Provision of registers etc. by Registrar General.
  48. 33 Duplicate and copy registers.
  49. 34 Examination and transmission of registers
  50. 35 Reproduction of registers.
  51. 36 Replacement of lost registers etc.
  52. 37 Issuing of extracts of entries in current registers
  53. 38 Search of indexes kept by Registrar General.
  54. 39A Notice of registration events to third parties
  55. 39B Application by third party for notification of death
  56. 39C Provision of information to district registrars
  57. 39D Searching of indexes and issuing of extracts by district registrars
  58. 39E Abbreviated extracts
  59. 41 Form and authentication of registration information
  60. 41A Admissibility of registration information as evidence
  61. 42 Correction of errors in registers.
  62. 43 Recording of baptismal name or change of name or surname.
  63. 44 Register of Corrections Etc.
  64. 45 Correction of entries in parochial registers.
  65. 46 Parochial registers to be transmitted to Registrar General.
  66. 47 Search of parochial registers etc., and provision of extracts therefrom.
  67. 48 Decrees of court altering status.
  68. 49 Signing by mark by persons unable to write.
  69. 50 Events occurring in institutions.
  70. 51 Returns to be made by registrar.
  71. 52 Sending of documents by post.
  72. 53 Offences.
  73. 54 Regulations.
  74. 54A Form, and manner of attestation, of documents
  75. 55 Expenses.
  76. 56 Interpretation.
  77. 57 Savings etc.
  78. 58 Consequential amendments and repeals.
  79. 59 Short title, extent and commence-ment.
  80. SCHEDULE 1 Consequential Amendments of other Enactments
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